A year after winning his Senate seat, Ruben Gallego grows into the national spotlight

In the year since Ruben Gallego won a U.S. Senate seat, he has shown that old maxims about freshman senators being seen and not heard no longer apply. In a span of four days in October, the Arizona ...

US government shutdown extends into 6th week as Trump pushes Republicans to change Senate rules

The US government shutdown has entered its sixth week, as of 3 November, and President Donald Trump is actively urging ...

What to know about the Senate filibuster as Trump calls on GOP to eliminate it

Senate Republicans are resisting his demand to end the long-standing filibuster rule in order to end the government shutdown.

Trump says it is time to get rid of US Senate's filibuster custom

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Republican U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday it is time to get rid of the Senate's ...

Trump calls for Senate Republicans to scrap the filibuster rule and end the shutdown

Senate Majority Leader John Thune promised after last year's election that the legislative filibuster, which requires 60 ...

Republican leaders reject ending the Senate filibuster despite Trump’s call to nuke it

The top two Republicans in Congress are showing no interest in taking the unprecedented step of ending the legislative ...

Setti Warren, former Newton mayor and candidate for Massachusetts governor and Senate, dies at 55

Setti Warren, the former mayor of Newton who also ran for governor in Massachusetts and the U.S. Senate, died unexpectedly at ...

Graham Platner says controversies have 'strengthened' his Maine Senate campaign

In an interview with NBC News, Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner bashed "establishment politics" and said he's still more ...